There s a hopeful message too the upside of our dark side.
The upside of your dark side.
In the upside of your dark side two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness kindness and positivity can take us far they cannot take us all the way.
In the upside of your dark side two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness kindness and positivity can take us far they cannot take us all the way.
Sometimes they can even hold us back.
Instead of telling you how to avoid anger guilt and procrastination it asks how those things add to our life.
Emotions such as anger anxiety guilt and sadness might feel uncomfortable but it turns out that they are also incredibly useful.
The upside of your dark side offers one of the most important messages of recent psychological science.
The upside of your dark side offers one of the most important messages of recent psychological science.
The upside of your dark side explores what positive side effects our bad feelings and worst behaviors have because there s something good in everything.
That you don t need to avoid discomfort or distress to have a meaningful and joyful life.
The authors provide a highly refreshing alternative to the idea that one must pursue happiness at all costs.
Spite can drive us forward and simon provides a fresh perspective on the word by showing the evolutionary benefits of spite as a social leveller an enabler of defiance a wellspring of freedom and a vital weapon in our everyday armoury.